COLORADO AIRPORT OPERATORS ASSOCIATION

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Friday, October 4, 2002

Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado

President Corinne Nystrom called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m. Secretary-Treasurer Ron Dent declared that there was a quorum of the membership in attendance at the meeting. Vice-President Rex Tippitts requested that a resolution concerning TSA actions be added to the agenda. Jim Ellwood offered a motion to add the resolution to the agenda. Bill Chandler seconded and the motion carried.

Approval of the minutes of the March 29, 2002 general membership meeting were tabled until the Spring Conference in Telluride.

Conference Committee: Dennis Heap discussed the spring conference, scheduled for June 11-13 in Telluride, Colorado. He stated that the Telluride Airport will underwrite the conference in the amount of $8,000. The fall conference will be held in Steamboat Springs. Salida has requested a spring or fall conference. Mr. Heap has offered to do a site visit to Salida to determine if there is a suitable conference facility. Mr. Heap also commended the DIA staff for the excellent conference in Estes Park.

Membership Committee: No Report

Website Committee: Michael Reisman reported that the new website had been up for two weeks. Mr. Reisman stated that his goal is to create a dynamic website with multiple resources, including rates and charges, lease information, etc. He requested that airport and corporate members submit news articles but cautioned that marketing would not be allowed on the site. An additional section, NOTAMS, a page for sharing or requesting information, will be included on the site.

Legislative Committee: Dennis Heap reported that legislation needs to be pursued which will close certain loopholes in the fuel tax collection regulations. Mr. Heap presented information on the upcoming Legislative reception, to be held at the Brown Palace, the date still to be determined. Mr. Heap also suggested that CAOA co-host a legislative breakfast in the capital rotunda with the Colorado Pilots Association and AOPA.

By-Law Revisions: Dennis Heap reported that the revisions to the By-laws had been ratified by the Board of Directors. The revisions add two levels of membership; Friend of CAOA and Honorary Membership, and the terms of the elected board and officials have been modified to allow for staggered terms. The members of the executive board will be elected to two year terms.

NWAAE Conference: President Corinne Nystrom requested letters of interest from airports desiring to host the 2006 NWAAAE Conference. Ms. Nystrom requested that those letters be sent to her no later than February. Jim Ellwood detailed the type and size of the facility required to host such a large conference.

IAFC Conference: Gary Green offered to host the 2007 International Airport Facilities Conference in Colorado Springs. He will send the letter to Corinne Nystrom offering to host the Conference.

2003 Legislative Issues: Corinne Nystrom suggested that the proposed legislative issues be discussed in the following general session. Dennis Heap suggested that CAOA pursue a method which requires that noise disclosure notices be included in all real estate transactions for property sold within a 5 mile radius of an airport.

TSA Resolution: Corinne Nystrom explained that a problem exists between the TSA and commercial service airports concerning the placement of explosive detection systems or explosive trace detection equipment in airports and modifications of security checkpoints without financial reimbursement to airports for their out-of-pocket capital expenditures or approval by the airport for such modifications to the terminal buildings. Mr. Baumgartner drafted a proposed resolution which was modified by the Board of Directors. Corinne Nystrom read the proposed resolution to the membership which requests airport operator approval for any modifications and requests that sufficient funding be appropriated by congress to reimburse airports for costs incurred for such modifications. A motion was offered by Jim Ellwood to approve the resolution. Tim Gallagher seconded the motion. Steve Lee recommended that GA airports support this issue as those airport will also be subject to more stringent security requirements in the future. The motion was unanimously approved.

Corinne Nystrom introduced Lisa Ronsavel from the Denver Flight Service Station.

Adjournment: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:54 a.m.

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